One of the most talked about fishing marks in West Cornwall and one I have fished a few times and intend kayak fishing next season.
This is the location of the renowned Minack Theatre, carved from the granite!
If you park in the beach car park and head out on the cliff path you will see a few areas that can be fished from. The mark at the far end seems to go into deeper water and produces the best mackerel fishing. All the other marks can produce a whole range of species including, Pollock, Wrasse, Turbot, Gurnard and Bass.
I have found the mid section to produce more Bass for some reason.
Head out of St Ives towards Lands End and follow your map to Pendeen Lighthouse for some great sea fishing. Park your car up and head off down to Portherris Beach or fish the rock marks underneath the light house.
The typical rock species including Wrasse and Pollock are fished for and from the beach good Bass are often taken.
Heading back towards Helston from Penzance brings you across this fishing beach. A lovely mark with a great sandy beach! Lug and fish baits work well in this area for Bass, Dog fish, Ray and Turbot.
The locals comment on how well this beach fishes on a low tide, bucking the normal trend.
This delightful beach requires a good walk from the car park, down a cliff path to the beach below.
Species caught here range from Bass, Ray, Plaice and Dogfish and you can use most methods from different areas of the beach.
I have spent a lot of time spinning from the beach and find that dusk and dawn produce the best catches.
This is a popular holiday time beach, so bear that in mind.
This steep shingle beach has never stood out as one of the best marks. The left side is very rough and produces the usual species if you are prepared to loose some tackle. The right side is rough also but not normally as productive as the left. Worm, Crab and Squid all fish well.
Interestingly, Beer is located amongst some prime Bass fishing ground. I would suggest it would make a great place to Kayak fish from!
I have fished this location numerous times, it an interesting location with large pinnacles of red rock standing in the sea. Good size wrasse come in from this beach with Dogfish and the odd nice Bass. Baits are the normal Worm, Sand Eel and squid.
In the summer it’s a very popular beach and hard to fish during daylight hours.There are other little beaches along the shoreline which get cut off at high tide. Worth taking your kayak along and fishing close to the foot of the cliff.
The Warren is a sand spit across the river Exe. The main beach can be fished but you need a long cast to get you into the deeper water, the bottom is clean here. This beach used to be good for Razor fish
Fishing of the end of the spit will place your gear into the main channel. You will need heavy leads if you want to fish a static bait at this location.
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